Accession Number | P07203.009 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Melville |
Date made | c 1939 |
Conflict |
Period 1930-1939 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Outdoor group portrait of 14th platoon, D company at Melville Camp. Front row left to right: ...
Outdoor group portrait of 14th platoon, D company at Melville Camp. Front row left to right: Corporal R J Wilkinson, Cpl P Gardiner, Sgt Arbery, Lt Allen, Sgt J R Millett, Sgt d, Neale and Cpl Glew. Second Row, left to right: Cpl H Weston, Pte J A Reilly, Pte Dowling, Pte Davies, Pte Mitton, Pte T Stickman, Pte H Green, Pte Walters, and Pte H Marshall. Third Row, left to right: Pte E Jones, Pte G Sayers, Pte B Coroneos, Pte W Duncan, Pte A E Austin, Pte H R Stone and Pte C W Prett. The photograph is signed at the bottom. Cpl Millett, along with Balding, Dieppe, Baxter, Crawford, Champ and Howard all took part in the mass escape from Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt Bavaria on the night of 3-4 June 1943. They were sent to Colditz after they were recaptured.